







to start; to get going
He wants to open his own business, but needs a push in the right direction to get him started.
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Open the tool →起步 (qǐ bù) means “to start; to get going”.
起步 is pronounced qǐ bù in Mandarin Chinese.
“to start; to get going” is 起步 (qǐ bù) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 起步, each with pinyin and an English translation.
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